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Word Advanced

Intensive 3-day training to become a Word expert: VBA macros, advanced fields, XML, collaboration and development of a complete document production system.

Duration

3 jours (21h)

Format

On-site

Prerequisites

Good Word skills (styles, mail merge, sections)

Audience

Executive assistants, technical writers, trainers

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Day 1 — Collaborative Review & Teamwork

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  • Track changes: activation, options, display, colors by author
  • Comments: insertion, reply, resolve, navigation
  • Compare documents: compare, combine, show differences
  • Master and subdocuments: creation, locking, export
  • Password protection: open, modify, section-level restriction
  • Digital signature: certificates, visible signature lines
  • Intensive lab 1: manage a 5-person team project on a shared document with tracking and merging
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Day 1 — Fields & Automation

  • Advanced field codes: REF, PAGEREF, INCLUDETEXT, INCLUDEPICTURE
  • Formula fields: =, SUM, PRODUCT, IF, comparisons
  • Conditional fields: DOCVARIABLE, ASK, SET, SEQ
  • Macros level 1: recording, running, assignment (shortcut, button, ribbon)
  • Macro security: levels, trusted locations, certificates
  • Intensive lab 2: automate monthly report generation with dynamic fields
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Day 2 — VBA Macros in Word

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  • VBA editor: project, modules, procedures, immediate window
  • Word objects: Application, Document, Selection, Range, Paragraph
  • Variables: declaration, types, scope, constants
  • Conditions: If...Then...ElseIf...Else, Select Case
  • Loops: For...Next, For Each...Next, Do...Loop
  • Interaction: InputBox, MsgBox, custom dialog boxes
  • Intensive lab 3: create an auto-formatting macro + a report generation macro
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Day 2 — XML Documents & Structured Data

  • Advanced Content Controls: repeating section, group, list
  • XML mapping: schema creation, binding to controls
  • Custom document properties: creation, field updates
  • XML export/import: automated document generation
  • Version management: comparison, history, restore
  • Intensive lab 4: create an automated contract generation system with XML
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Day 3 — Final Project: Document Production System

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  • Specifications: analyze company document production needs
  • Design: templates, macros, forms, validation workflow
  • Development: create interconnected templates, input forms, automation macros
  • Testing: produce 10 real documents using the created system
  • Documentation: write the system user guide
  • Presentation: demonstrate the system to other participants and gather feedback
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Day 3 — Advanced Assessment & Certification

  • Final project evaluation: quality, robustness, reusability
  • Practical exam: develop an automation solution in 2 hours
  • Advanced Word certification: official skills validation
  • Post-training action plan: deployment in the company
  • Access to Word expert community and advanced resources

This plan is customizable

For experts who want to automate their company's document production. Final project adapted to your context.

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